Poet Sitting in Chair with Table
By Ernest Trova
Category: Sculpture
About
The Poet series is characterized by simplified black steel forms. The figure that represents the Poet is often so abstracted as to be almost unrecognizable. Trova presents the Poets not as specific people, but rather as person-sized monoliths. Their identity as figures is not created through specificity of form, but implied through their size and relationship with their surroundings.
Year Completed: 1975
Material: Painted Cor-ten steel
Owner: Gift of the artist
About the artist:
Ernest Trova
1927-2009
Ernest Tino Trova, a self-trained St. Louis native, became one of the significant artists of the late twentieth century. Trova has always insisted on consistency of content in his work, along with persistency of application and personal addiction for getting work done. He considered his entire output a single “work in progress.” Trova’s gift of forty of his works led to the opening of the Laumeier Sculpture Park. As one of the most prolific and imaginative sculptors of our time, Ernest Trova continues to create many more outstanding works of art and venture into hitherto unexplored areas.
